The Australian Experience Issues and Responses November 2018 1 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

The Australian Experience – Issues and Responses November 2018 1

Session Outline - Infrastructure development in Australia - Environmental catalysts and approaches - Issues and Responses 2

Development and Infrastructure in Australia 3

Infrastructure Development in Australia Click to edit Master title style BEFORE THERE WAS

Infrastructure Development in Australia Click to edit Master title style - Inhabited by Australian Aboriginals from 60,000 – 80,000 years - Hunter-gatherer lifestyle - Rich and deep cultural history - Semi-nomadic - Population ~314,000 people prior to colonization (1788)

Infrastructure Development in Australia Click to edit Master title style - Colonized by the British in 1788 - Penal colony - NSW, Tas/Vic, Qld, NT, WA, SA - Devastated the local Aboriginals and their culture (no treaty) - Disease, alcohol, sicknesses, unsavoury - Terra Nullius

Infrastructure Development in Australia Click to edit Master title style - Federated in 1901 - WW1 and the ANZACs - The Great Depression - Economic downturn - Railroad development - No Syd-Mel connection until late 60s - No co-ordination, multiple gauges

Infrastructure Development in Australia Click to edit Master title style - Conservative rule - 1960s and 1970s rising progressivism - Mining boom - WW2 - Rapid immigration - Economic growth - Manufacturing

Infrastructure Development in Australia Click to edit Master title style

Environmental catalysts and approaches 10

Environmental catalysts and approaches Click to edit Master title style 80s: The Franklin Dam – Tasmania - Hydro dam project, never constructed - Was the start of an environmental movement at a political level, eventually led to the most significant environmental campaign in Australian history - High court loss to State of Tas and win to Federal Government

Environmental catalysts and approaches Click to edit Master title style 90s: The flying fox case – Queensland - The first Federal biodiversity protection laws were introduced - The flying fox case - the first case - Endemic flying foxes vs mango farmers - Under the new Act, a farmer was prosecuted for killing the native wildlife - Federal law vs State law

Environmental catalysts and approaches Click to edit Master title style 2000s: Japanese whaling – Antarctica - Japanese whaling in Australia’s EEZ near Antarctica - Claimed for scientific research - Prosecuted Japanese conglomerate, which has been ignored even until recent times - Complex interplay between Australian Law and International Law

Environmental catalysts and approaches Click to edit Master title style Natural Disasters - Heat waves and bushfires - Cyclones and increased storm activity - Prolonged periods of drought - Increase in flooding

Issues and Responses 15

Click to edit Master title style Issues - Management and Planning - Heritage - Biodiversity and ecology - Climate change adaptation and resilience - Resources: Energy, Water and Materials

Click to edit Master title style Responses - Legislation - Incentivization - Standardization and codification - Certification schemes and frameworks - Sustainable Development Goals

Click to edit Master title style Where have we come? Government Industry Government solutions Catalysts for change History Industry solutions Natural disasters Pre/post colonial Voluntary/mandatory Slow growth

IS – Maturity Model Transformative Proactive Sustainability performance Planned Reactive Basic Compliance Commitment 19

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